... and attended to their consituents, rather than heading off for this ill-advised Mediterranean cruise," said Dublin Labour councilor Richard Humphreys. "This is not just my opinion. This flotilla is in defiance of the call by the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, that such flotillas should be discouraged, and blocked by member states, as they may only provide a focus for violence. I fully support ... the call by Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore that all sides must avoid the completely unjustified violence associated with the last flotilla" (Weiss). The flotilla is purposefully not releasin...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... the 8th of April 1938, and assumed his current post in January 1997, and was reappointed in January 2001. His career highlights have been a mission to ensure transfer to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1998, brokering an agreement between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international response to the crisis in East Timor in the same year. In 2000, he secured the certification of ... Israel's withdrawal from the Lebanon and he made, and has continued to make, strong efforts to ... ...

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... be joined by the rest of the southern half of Somalia within a matter of months. Approximately 3.2 million people are relying on international assistance to save their lives. However, sufficient aid is not being supplied. The United States and other Western donors donations are falling several hundred million dollars short of saving the refugees who are coming in droves and from protecting the refugee countries from suffering because of the large influx of people (Raghavan ... ). "Initially when we started giving food here at the reception centers, we started by giving a 15-day ration in...

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... agenda. Action against Iraq was put on hold until after the war in Afghanistan was over; that explains the timing of this new policy. Since President Bush has now decided that it is appropriate to take some sort of action against Iraq, the United States is faced with many options. The United States has tried in the past to mount a coup and to foster an internal rebellion ... to war, as they were in the Gulf War as well as in Serbia. Personally, I think that it would be a very wise decision for the United Nations to impose the strictest and strongest regulations and requirements that the ...

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... , protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security ... Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia ...

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... , protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security ... Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia ...

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Angola is situated in the West coast of Southern Africa with an area of 1,246,699 square kilometers. The population of Angola is around 8.5 million and the religions in the country include Roman Catholic, Protestant, and traditional religions. The rebel group known as the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) however, is currently fighting a civil war against the Luanda government to gain power in the country (Angola Report 1-2). After almost 500 years of Portuguese rule ... , Angola gained independence in 1975. Most Portuguese settlers fled the country during the war for...

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... or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Human trafficking has become a point of importance in recent years because anti-trafficking proposals have flourished. The sole purpose of human trafficking in most states is of sexual aspects internally and internationally (HumanTrafficking.org). In the sex industries, trafficking is mostly related to the rising demand and supply in women in South Asian and the United States. In the 1990's, studies by researchers of the feminist group have talked ... about how strongly migration is related to the rising occurrences of trafficking in w...

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... leave and try to find refuge in other countries. One of the countries that Syrian refugees have flooded into is Lebanon. The refugees are in need of medical care, jobs, housing and many other resources that require the help of many agencies and organizations. Urgent response is needed and all of the organizations need to be able to work together with the host country's government so that ... to work to support themselves and their families. Access to healthcare is also affected by the lack of money. Refugees are coming into Lebanon with injuries sustained from the war, but many of them ...

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... nature". There are legal and scholarly debates on whether universal human rights are attainable in such a culturally diverse world. I argue that with increased dialogue and understanding between states that a minimal level of ethical standards can be reached for the greater good of society. One of the arguments made against the concept of human rights is that it comes from a politically liberal outlook. This outlook is generally accepted ... in western democracies and in some other countries but is not necessarily standard elsewhere in the world. Even human rights agreements among the U...

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... individuals to go out and select a health insurance company, which they will pay a monthly fee to, and then in the case of a medical need, that insurance would cover almost the entire bill. This system has worked for years in building a commercially strong insurance branch of business and it has stimulated the economy to an extent. It has been argued that by keeping health care private ... been as successful. While these are all good arguments, I side with the United Nations on this issue, and believe that health care is a human right. Almost every other country that is part of the Unite...

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... nation to establish social justice and to contribute to global peace will be created only when women attain full partnership with men in all fields of endeavor. The systematic oppression of women is a regretful and tragic fact of history. Restricted to narrow spheres of activity in the life of society, denied educational opportunities and basic human rights, subjected to violence and frequently treated as less than human, women have been ... by force, and man has dominated over woman because of his forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the balance is already shift...

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... the world progresses away from the post war conditions: "the ambiguity of its specific world role, and the failure to change that role as the world has changed." One of the fundamental problems that faces and has faced the United Nations as a worldwide organisation has been the divides within it, largely between regions of its member states, often rendering it particularly in the Cold War era in a position of stalemate. The Cold War ensured that matters of ... and has been targeted as an area for reform, indicating that this may be an area that hinders the effectiveness of the organisat...

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... pretty much ignore the Philippines. The same geopolitical developments which had bolstered the position of the anti-US bases advocates have diminished the strategic value of the Philippines for the United States, & the opening of markets I Eastern Europe & the unification of South & North American trading blocs, coupled with our own inability to manage the economy, have attracted American investment away from the Philippines. Thus, when one listens to power discourse in the corridors of American decision making, the ... & Secretary Carlos Romulo could state in a joint note in 1954 that a...

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... agreement that occurred on September 2014. Due to the threat of a nuclear North Korea, the issue of the United States deploying nuclear weapons has been debated. Although both nations deny the possibility, 66% of South Koreans are in support of developing nuclear weapons to counteract North Korea. South Korea also hosted the Nuclear Security Summit, in March 2012, where the Seoul Communiqué was adopted unanimously. South ... a resolution that encourages disarmament, but allows for nuclear weapon development in cases where other countries are not willing to comply, as in the case of Sou...

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... , education and housing. The Republic of Mauritius is in favor of assisting in sustainable development in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, especially by encouraging international trade to these countries as that played a role in Mauritius's development. The Republic of Mauritius defines sustainable development by the United Kingdom definition as "social progress that recognizes the needs of everyone, with high levels of economic growth and employment prudent, use of natural resources, and effective protection of the environment." (Schmandt ... Organizations Non-governmental organizations ...

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... this time. This conflict challenges the NPT because it raises the necessity of a treaty constructed parallel to the NPT, but taking into consideration the unique situation of the region. Lastly, the potential for terrorist acquisition of nuclear weapons challenges the NPT. In the post 9/11 world, terrorist acquirement of nuclear weapons seems to be one of the most urgent dangers. Following terrorists" use of conventional weapons of mass destruction, a sentiment of the added danger of terrorists resonated. People began to ... worry about terrorist acquisition of more deadly ... ...

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... basis because they must be divided among more people. The food production, through intensive farming has led to massive clearing of forest land and destroyed the natural habitats of numerous species, creating gaps in the biodiversity. Lots of animals, insects and other vermins which we consider nuisances play a discrete role in the functioning of "Gaia". The disappearance of certain predators results in proliferation of pests which are dealt with by producing and applying more ... chemicals and pesticides. The other salient fact concerning intensive farming is a non ... ...

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... aid, Sierra Leone must show development in the fields of education, health, and improvement of rural areas. The spending plan will be guided by Sierra Leone's Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP). The World Bank and IMF were persuaded to support the debt relief following strong reforms in the government's policies on tax, trade, spending, and management of the country's currency. The reforms were instituted upon the end of the civil war. Peace is hoped ... $45 million. Other portions of the debt are scheduled to be paid over a period of forty years. While there has been imp...

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... than good. The crucial point of analysis here is not whether Taliban was responsible or not; but the larger humanitarian scenario of interaction between military and international/local non governmental organisation (I/NGOs) in Afghanistan. This point of analysis is not only relevant for Afghanistan but for all the humanitarian operations around the world. Afghanistan's situation is of a complex emergency ... and humanitarian organisation, coming together at one platform. Military institutions have the mandate to forward the political-strategic aims of the state by coercive means. On the...

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... day for others. August 6th was the day the United States government chose to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and in one flash the world was introduced to the new atomic age. The United States and the Soviet Union were in an arms race to produce nuclear weapons and finally President Truman made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, resulting in countless causalities and serious injuries. With something ... have some kind of opinion and sometimes the popular opinion is not in favor of whatever decision was made. This was especially true for the use of the atomic bomb. The bo...

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... President Bush, his ambitions may have influenced the decision to enter into a conflict in Iraq. President Bush's main ambition is to be re-elected as president. By stating that Saddam Hussein is an imminent threat to the United States, President Bush is able to heighten his image as a leader who is using all of his abilities in securing the American homeland by invading Iraq. Saddam Hussein, with ... stated clearly that not doing so would make the United Nations "irrelevant." Here, President Bush is showing that the relevance of the United Nations Security Council is in the organizatio...

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... than 20 other nations, participated in this as well. During their time in Somalia, Canadians did many things to try to improve the desperate situation there. They escorted starvation relief convoys, participated in the removal of land mines, and collected or destroyed thousands of confiscated weapons. Despite their best efforts, the international forces could not end the strife in the country. In late 1992, the 900 soldiers of the Canadian Airborne Regiment were sent to ... ." 212 days later, there was another awful incident. A 16-year-old, Shidane Arone, was tortured and murdered on the...

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... to reaching their goals. International organizations can help developing nations in many ways such as reducing civil wars, lending money, and increasing the level of education and health care in developing countries. Considering the political issues, civil wars destroy the unity among people in a country. Two or more groups in a country get in conflict with each other because they cannot reach a compromise ... all the above – mentioned concepts, it can be concluded that many international organizations around the world help developing nations to achieve their goals regarding to having...

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